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Defend America on Friday, December 18, 2009 11:32:35 AM
Six Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be repatriated
By Peter Finn, Sudarsan Raghavan and Julie Tate
Friday, December 18, 2009; 5:04 AM
The Obama administration is planning to repatriate six Yemenis held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
a transfer that could be a prelude to the release of dozens more
detainees to Yemen, according to sources with independent knowledge of
the matter.
The release is a significant first step toward dealing with the
largest group of detainees at the prison -- there are currently 97
Yemenis there -- and toward meeting President Obama's goal of closing
the facility.
But Yemen's
security problems and lack of resources
have spawned fears about its ability to monitor and rehabilitate
returnees. Critics of the administration charge that returning
detainees to Yemen, a country where al-Qaeda is believed to be
thriving, is tantamount to returning terrorists to the battlefield.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121800898.html?hpid=topnews